This video of NASA Johnson Space Center’s “Project M” depicts a Robonaut-based, tele-operated mission to the Moon – one that JSC claims could be accomplished in 1,000 days once the go-ahead was given.
The background music alone has me pumped for sending exploratory robots into space. 1,000 days, eh? If we can’t agree on sending more humans to the moon, why not send robots controlled by humans on Earth in motion-capture suits? Let’s do it!